The afterlife of Austria-Hungary the image of the Habsburg Monarchy in interwar Europe
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 was just one link in a chain of events leading to World War I and the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. By 1918, after nearly four hundred years of rule, the Habsburg monarchy was expunged in an instant of history. Remarkably, despite tale...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press
2013.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47397299*spi |
Sumario: | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 was just one link in a chain of events leading to World War I and the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. By 1918, after nearly four hundred years of rule, the Habsburg monarchy was expunged in an instant of history. Remarkably, despite tales of decadence, ethnic indifference, and a failure to modernize, the empire enjoyed a renewed popularity in interwar narratives. Today, it remains a crucial point of reference for Central European identity, evoking nostalgia among the nations that once dismembered it. The Afterlife of Austria-Hungary. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780822979173 |